Episode 103

Part three of another mind-map ramble with Miriam. We continue to discuss the mysterious 17th century "Invisible College" and Isaac Newton's occultism, then Elizabeth I's court magician, John Dee. Miriam raises the fascinating (and amusing) question of exactly how one secured the job of "court magician" in the 17th century, leading on to a consideration of Nancy and Ronald Reagan's use of an astrologer, the London Psychogeographical Association, allegations of the British Monarchy dabbling in the occult, the new Scottish Holyrood Parliament building being part of a vast geomantic scheme and the magickal role of early Archbishops of Canterbury.

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• The Invisible College
• Isaac Newton
• UK £2 coin
• Queen Elizabeth I
• John Dee
• Voynich Manuscript
• Terence McKenna's theory that Dee authored Voynich Manuscript
• the Reagans' astrologer
• Royal Family offshore tax scandal 2017
• aeromancy
• London Psychogeographical Association
• Twyford Down
• Solsbury Hill
• UK road protest movement
• Holyrood Parliament controversies
• Robin Heath
• Archbishops of Canterbury
• Christian veneration of relics